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Sticker shock hits Alamo

Alamogordo Daily NewsBy John Bear, Staff Writer

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02/02/2013 10:15:44 PM MST

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Marc Weidenbacker, 17, places stickers warning people of the stiff penalty for buying alcohol for minors on cases of beer at Lowe's Pay & Save on Saturday. Members of Students Against Drunk Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Otero County Teen Court, and United States Border Patrol traveled to several Alamogordo stores to put the stickers on alcoholic beverages. Teen Court Coordinator Joi Arana said the point of the exercise was to urge minors not to drink and adults to do so responsibly by not drinking and driving. Buying alcohol for a minor is a fourth-degree felony in New Mexico.

Marc Weidenbacker, 17, places stickers warning people of the stiff penalty for buying alcohol for minors on cases of beer at Lowe's Pay & Save ib Saturday. Members of Students Against Drunk Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Otero County Teen Court, and United States Border Patrol traveled to several Alamogordo stores to put the stickers on alcoholic beverages. Teen Court Coordinator Joi Arana said the point of the exercise was to urge minors not to drink and adults to do so responsibly by not drinking and driving. Buying alcohol for a minor is a fourth degree felony in New Mexico.

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